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RG-10.121 --- Jack Grootkerk Memoir
USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 75
Jack Grootkerk‘s memoir describes the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, his escape to
France via Belgium, his unsuccessful attempt to enter Switzerland, entering Spain and his
internment in a prison, his journey to Great Britain via Gibraltar, his wife‘s escape from
the Netherlands to Switzerland, his service in the Princess Irene Brigade of the Dutch
Free Forces, his reunion with his wife in France, and his return to Holland.
Language: English 1940–1946
1 microfiche card
Source of Acquisition: Jack Grootkerk
Restrictions: Fair use only
RG-04.018 --- Confession and Letter of Mauthausen Commandant
This collection contains a copy in English of a confession made by Franz Ziereis, the
commandant of Mauthausen concentration camp (identified in the documents as ―Franz‖)
after his arrest by American forces in May 1945. In the confession, the commandant
describes conditions in Mauthausen and other camps as well as the various methods of
torture and execution practiced by the Nazis. Ziereis also gives detailed information
about the activities of his fellow commanders and physicians employed in the camps.
Also included are two poems in German concerning suffering in the camps and a letter
from Ziereis to his wife.
Provenance: The memoir was found with a group of papers that lack donor and/or
provenance information, but were given to the USHMC early in its history.
Languages: English, German 1945
1 folder
NOTE: See also RG-04.049—Confessions of an SS Killer
Accession 2000.355 --- The Abraham Slowes Collection
This collection contains photocopies of correspondence relating to Abraham Slowes‘
efforts to save his parents, Moshe Dow and Malka Slowes, as well as other members of
his family, by bringing them out of Nazi-occupied Vilna. The originals are housed at the
Beit Lohamei HaGhetaot (Ghetto Fighters‘ House), Israel. Also included is a photocopy
of the Slowes and Weil family history, which was created by Mrs. Simone Weil Slowes.
Languages: English, Hebrew, Yiddish 1940–1991
80 items, 29 photographs
Source of Acquisition: Abraham Slowes
Finding Aid: Item-level list